Sweet Potato Soup
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Healthy Sweet Potato Soup recipe that’s ready in 30-minutes! It’s dairy-free and made with only 5 ingredients!
Course:
Appetizer, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine:
American
Keyword:
dairy-free, soup, sweet potato
Servings: 8
Calories: 167 kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tsbp olive oil or oil of choice
- 1 shallot
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme
- 4 cups water
- 2 lbs sweet potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped (reserve 1/4 of peels)
- 3 tbsp brown or coconut sugar
- 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp of sea salt, plus more to taste
- 1/8 tsp black pepper, plus more to taste
- 1 tbsp fresh chives, shopped
Instructions
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Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add shallots and thyme and cook until shallots are soft, about 3 minutes.
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Add water, potatoes, and peels and bring to a boil. Partially cover with a lid and continue to cook over medium-high heat until potatoes are cooked all the way through, about 15 minutes.
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Off heat. Stir in sugar, vinegar, salt, and pepper. Let cool for 5 minutes.
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Discard thyme sprigs. Transfer the mixture into a high-speed blender or food processor and blend/process on a soup setting (60 seconds). Return soup back to the saucepan.
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Add more salt and pepper to taste. Add more water if you’d like to thin out the soup.
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Serve with chives.
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Store in air-tight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Recipe Notes
Nutrition Information: Calories: 167 Fat: 1.5 g Saturated fat: 0.2 g Carbohydrates: 37.2 g Dietary Fiber: 4.7 g Sugar: 5.1 g Sodium: 249 mg Protein: 1.9 g